CLA160H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Septuagint, Ancient Greek Philosophy, Human Power
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Persians conquer babylon (538 bc); alexander the great conquers persia, seleucids rule judea: allowed to rebuild their temple. We can trace the end of a distinct nation to this point. Religious performance in judaism: temple is the only place where they worship their god, very segregated. What is open and allowed to you: ritual purity still a concept in graeco-roman religion. In roman temples the ground on which the temple is build and the building is sacer and is the property of the god. Sacred texts: texts codified during babylonian captivity, texts in synagogues - not the same thing as temple, from greek word for coming together", don"t offer sacrifices here god and other people. Someone with training in how to read texts who can also instruct people on relationship with. Psalm 4: invocation, justification, request: compare the text with roman hymns, lord - yaweh is too sacred to say aloud, and is thusly translated.
